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Thanks, everybody. It's good to see you again. We have got a great show for you today. Later on, we're going to be talking to Jim Gaffigan, one of the most successful and prolific comedians in the world, and he has done it two decades now without ever swearing. It's true. Our mission, provoke him enough so that ends today.
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Hi, Peter. This is Lynn calling from Minnetonka, Minnesota.
Minnetonka, Minnesota. Minnetonka, I know, is a beautiful western suburb right there on Lake Minnetonka. It's gorgeous. What do you do there?
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